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Short-Term Service or Immersion Programs

(Including Summer Programs)

The first set of listings is for faith-based service opportunities and most of these are offered at minimal cost to participants.

Claretian Summer Ministry Program (Chicago):The summer ministry program is designed to help one discover a deeper sense of his or her vocation. By providing an experience of community and ministry as well as times to reflect on and integrate that experience, we try to help one grow towards a greater understanding of one's self. The program is not intended to promote any specific vocation. Rather, it provides a chance to experience a lifestyle of service which is the basis for many options that each of us has as we seek our own calling. Applications due by April 30th. For more information call 312-236-7846. Brochures are available on the OCSE Bulletin Board in the atrium of the Student Lobby, to the right of the bookstore entrance. You will see them in the folder with the "Trinita" brochures. For more information you can also visit: www.claret.org

Franciscans for the Poor (Ohio): This program offers long and short term volunteer opportunities through ministry at soup kitchens, shelters, social service centers, retirement centers, AIDS service and tutoring. The program requires an orientation and assigns the site in which everyone will participate in service. They also offer opportunities to reflect, share, and expand on one’s experiences through groups and prayer. Their purpose is to allow the volunteers to have their experiences renew their faith and peace.
The programs are located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Current programs are: Mercy Franciscan St. John Social Service Agency, Mercy Franciscan Home Development, Mercy Franciscan West Park, preserving affordable housing, Cincinnati drop inn center, Cincinnati Reads ( working with public school children), Our Daily Bread (ministry of hospitality), Washington United Church of Christ, Working in Neighborhoods (Win), and Peaslee Neighborhood Center. For more information, contact: brotherdannolan@aol.com or email ccall@saintmarys.edu and she can send you more detailed descriptions of the sites for 2006.

Maryknoll Institute (Africa): The goal of the MIAS program is to teach current cultures and religion of East Africa so the students will begin to understand and speak about African viewpoints on these realities. The program is open to the following postgraduate students: priests, sisters, seminarians, and laity assigned to apostolates in East Africa It is also open to African students and African pastoral and developmental agents for learning about contemporary African life and reality. Also, neophyte lecturers and students are taught about African cultural knowledge. The programs are designed to meet the needs of both degree students and continuing education students. The programs are open to students of all faiths.
The programs for 2006 are to be in Nairobi, Kenya. The semester program is from January 13 to April 9, 2006. The first immersion program is from May 30 to June 22, 2006. The second immersion is from June 27 to July 20, 2006, and the semester program is from September 1 to November 26, 2006. The programs are open to post-graduate educators and students. They are designed to learn, celebrate, and teach African culture. For information, contact:www.maryknoll.org

Millvale Franciscans (PA): Appalachian Service Trip, July 15-22, 2006 for women ages 18 to 60. Fee is $145. For more information, write to: Sister Kathy at guidance@nauticom.net

Trinity Mission Center (domestic and international): The Missionary Cenacle Volunteers have short and long-term site placements. For Summer 2006 the sites are the following: Summer Mission Institute in Philadelphia from June 20-25; Trinita Program in Hartford, CT from June 25-August 13 (brochures available on the OCSE bulletin board in the student center atrium); Tecate, Mexico from August 5-12; Tuscan, Arizona for the month of June; Peninsula de Osa, Costa Rica from July 5-15; Camden, Mississippi from May through August (shorter term options available). Application deadline is April 30th. For more information call 1-800-272-8850.

Providence Volunteers (PA and MA): Co-create a world of compassion, justice and peace through balancing prayer, service, and community. The summer programs for 2006 are located in Pittsburgh, PA (June 9-25) and Kingston, Mass. (June 23-July 7). Activities include spending time with children, helping at summer camp, assisting homeless women, staffing local food banks, working in a domestic violence shelter, and more. Pick up a brochure from the OCSE Bulletin Board in the Student Center atrium (to the right of the bookstore) or visit the website: www.divineprovidenceweb.org

Below are some links to organizations that have service programs just for the summer. Note: Most of these programs are rather costly.